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CASTING INGOTS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 504,322, datedSeptember 5, 1893. Application filed December 7, 1892- Serial No.454,404. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRI AIME BRUSTLEIN, of Unieux, Department of theLoire, in the Republic of France, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Casting Ingots, which is fully set forth in the followingspecification.

My invention relates to the casting of iron and steel ingots,particularly those of large size, and its object is to facilitate thehandling of the ingots in the operations of heating, forging, &c. Thisobjectis effected, according to my invention, by casting the ingots witha suitable extension or tail conforming in shape to the socket intowhich it is to fit, and forming upon this extension or tail, in theprocess of casting, a recess or recesses, for the insertion of a key tohold the ingot in the socket.

The nature of the invention, and the preferred mode of carrying thesame-into effect, can be most conveniently explained by reference to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure I, is a longitudinal axialsection of an ingot-mold. Fig. II, is a plan View of the detachablebottom part of the mold. Fig. III, is an elevation, partly in section,of the socket and handle, the position of the ingot being indicated indotted lines. Fig. IV is a top View of the socket; and Fig. V is asectional view showing the ingot in a furnace.

In Fig. I, A represents the main portion of an ingot-mold, and B itsdetachable bottom. The latter is provided at its lower end with a recessa, of relatively small diameter, adapted to form upon the ingot a tailor extension I). It also has preferably a cavity 0 above the recess a,to form upon the ingot a shoulder (1. Within the recess a is a lug f,attached to the wall thereof by means which will permit of the removalof the ing with the ingot. This may be conveniently effected by one ormore wooden pins g passing through the wall of the recess and into thelug. These pins are burned out by the heat of the molten metal, so thatthe lug or lugs f (which may be of clay, steel, or other suitablematerial) remain embedded in the ingot when the latter is removed fromthe mold. Obviously other means of attaching the lug temporarily to therecess a, may be employed in place of those described. The lugs aredriven out of the ingot by wedges or otherwise, and the tail orextension I) can now be fitted into a socket h of corresponding shape,on the end of handle H (Figs. III and IV). This socket has in its side arecess or recesses which register with those in the extension b of theingot, so that a key or keys is can be driven in to hold the ingotfirmly in place. For the entrance of a key is a channell (indicated indotted lines Fig. IV) extends transversely through the wall of thesocket. The ingot can now be readily manipulated in subsequentoperations. When placed in a furnace (as indicated in Fig. V) theshoulder at can rest upon a suitable steel support m, leaving only thetail b of the ingot protruding through the door of the furnace. Havingnow fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. An iron or steel ingot having a tail or extension of less diameterthan the body of the ingot, and provided with a key hole or recess inthe side of said tail or extension, substantially as described. 2. Aniron or steel ingot having at one end a shoulder of reduced diameter,and a tail or extension provided with a key hole or recess in the sidethereof, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

Witnesses PHILIP MAURO, REEVE LEWIS.

